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A Killer's Grip

Prayer For A Killer


5:28 p.m.  - A steady stream of spectators and protesters is arriving at Florida State Prison in Starke.
A busload of 45 death penalty opponents rode in on a charter bus to stand vigil and pray during tonight’s execution. Father Fred Ruse said the group from the Orlando Diocese attends all executions. The grisly nature of the crimes doesn’t stop their opposition, he said.. “There’s certainly an appreciation of the horrible crimes that were committed. But the commitment of all us here is the same.”
Across the field, Gainesville resident Denise Fox disagreed: “Lethal injection is too good for him,’’ she said of Rolling.


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HELL is to good for Rollings

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God does command us to forgive others otherwise we cannot seek forgiveness from Him and He is the One that really matters. He does not say we must condone the acts, nor does He tell us we must forget. What this man did was beyond anything we could ever imagine. But if Danny Rollins sincerely asked God to forgive him, he will enter the Kingdom tonight because when God forgives, He does forget. For this we can be blessed because my sins, your sins, are no less than Danny Rollings’ in God’s eyes. My prayers are with the families of all the victims - I cannot imagine your pain - but I pray also for the family of Danny Rollings. He, too, has a family, a family that doesn’t deserve the stigma that will follow them until their own death.

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Mary Shedden has been covering the Gainesville student murders, investigation and trial for newspapers since August 1990, the same year she graduated from the University of Florida. She's been with The Tampa Tribune since 2005.


Thomas W. Krause has reported on legal issues for The Tampa since July 2003. He completed a master's degree in print journalism at the University of Miami in 1995 and has since worked for several newspapers in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. In 2001, as part of his reporting and writing about the death penalty in Georgia, Krause was one of the witnesses at the execution of Terry Michael Mincey, the first man to die by lethal injection in Georgia.


Mark Douglas is an investigative reporter for News Channel 8. He's been covering stories for more than 10 years in the Pinellas County bureau. He also teaches at The University of Tampa where he has served as an adjunct faculty member since 1997.


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